Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Thomas Newcomen and James Watt. These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable ...

That which Watt did for the steam engine when lie invented the condenser, some engineer of our own time can do by improving the boiler. As it is necessary to apply heat for the generation of steam ...

Independently, of its traction power -- its main employment -- it is fitted up as a steam derrick, as a fixed engine to turn the shafting in the workshops, and as a capstan to haul the ships about ...

Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something like Hero’s Engine, the first known example of a steam turbine ... may not have actually been invented by Greek mathemetician ...

The object of the invention is to remedy these defects. Figure 1 is a side view of the engine with a face view of the steam trunnion. Fig. 2 is an inside or face view of the valve, and tig.

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Richard Trevithick. In 1801 he built the first steam locomotive. An explanation of mechanics of this ...